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Cbe LOU IS APPE.LT. Edito-. MANNING. S. C.. J UNE 15, 1910. PUBLLStED EVERY WEDNESDAY SBSCRIMTIOs RATES: one year ................... l se Six months -------------------- 75 Fon: months - - . ----------.-... .... . 50 ADVERTIsING RATES: One square. one Ume. s1: each subse quent in serlon. 50 cents. Obituaries and Tributes o, Respect charced for as regular advertisemen"t. Lberal contracts madc for three. six and twelve Commumzcatnn must De accompanied by the real name and address' of the writer in order -o radie attestion No co-unicaion o: a personal Caracter wm be published except as an advertibement Entered at tbe Postoftice at Mannin as Se on4 '.Is matter. THERE MUST BE METHOD IN MS MAD There is now as little thought given to the subject of politics as we have ever noticed at this time of a politica' year. The people are thinking about that which con cerns them more; but when they see and hear of an officeholder, whipping himself into a wrathful pitch in order that he may use his influence against some candidate. they will very probably reason that said officeholder had better let his favorite candidate paddle his own canoe, or in the coming primary, "win his own spurs." This observation is made because of information received by usthat Clerk of Court A. L Barron, has taken the comments made by us on the Cantey letter, in which that gentlemen made intimations of collusion between "county offi cers and lawyers" and "fixed ju ries" at county seats, to be a re flection upon him. Just how Mr. Barron can imagine or twist what we wrote into such a construction we fail to see or understand. The comment made by us, was in a spirit of defending the county of ficials, so intended, and as we un derstand the English language it is so written, but Mr. Barron we understand, construes what we wrote by a different formula. He has never said a word to us upon the subject, but he has given vent to his indignation to others. He called the matter to the attention of the grand jury, and that body invited us to appear before it, which we had no hesitency in dc. iug, they desired to know of us if we had any information which would tend to show a foundation for Mr. Cantey's intimations. We hadnosach knowledgeand sotold - them, and further, we expressed the '' that such a condition as: depicted does not county. We ask ~edbsibewrs-'of the jury to fnilifi~ ur-any part of the comdien' we made, that they' thoughtanight seerr to reflect up-' on any of our county officers, they, or that is several of them, expressed themselves as constru Cinmg the comment made by us, j-tist as it was intended,-a defense of' our own county oficial: when Stheymadetheir presentment they asaid, -"we have investigated ths * charges, and find that such con - ditions do not exist in this coun ty."And, we can add to what the grand jury said, that insofar as we have observed, there has never come to our attention any ~: crookedness with the jury draw ing system. But when Mr. Can Stey over his own signature said in effect, there is crookedness at every county seat. it was such a reflection upon our county officers that we felt it a duty to-comment upon it, and for the life of us we "- cannot see how any man of Mr. Barron's intelligence, can find in anything written by us to be oth er than a defense of these oneiers. There is absolutely notbing in what we wrote, which endorses the intimations made by Mr. Cantey, but in order that the people may not be misled, we reproduce the Cantey letter together with our comment thereon, and ask as a special favorthatour readers read them and ask themselves where Mr. Barron can findminthis an ex cuse to claim that we have done ~? him an injustice for which he must set himself straight. The Ansfkr=+lon of Justice. GIaue or May !S 1910.1 ~AnOrne0 Mannine Times: I have bad the pleasure of reading sour recent article entitled, "Oh Those TcnclLawyers." and while I do now, agree with you altogether, yet I am samissied the subject is deserving of some cnneideration by every good citi Zen, and therefore I am taking the liberty of offering a criticism of the ad ministration of justice in our State. To commence with the Magistrate ~& system. I do not hesitate to say, and I am satisfied every good citizen will agree with me, that the offce in ques tion should be abolished, at least to the extent of confining the duty of the Magistrate to preliminaries: of course I understand there are some exceedingly scrupulous Magistrates, but the system -.as an administrative and judicial body is nothing more nor less than an illegal muck-raking organization, and as a rule the lawyer who succeeds in win ning his case before the ordinary Mae istrate is the lawyer who 'stands-in'' personally with said Magistrate. Furthermore. around every county seat, you will tind some young lawyer, * who ''stands-in" with the coun-y of ficials, the result being tha:. said o!ticials become nothing more nor less than the sinister tools of said young lawyer. and thereby juries are fixed. court decrees are ignored, and en'unty co-.ernmecnt degenerates into a one-man power for the mal-administrationa of justice. But the greatest evil of all is the man ner of selecting the offcials who preside over our courts of record. In this State, the legislature has the duty and privilegre of selecting and elect ing the Judges. the result being that too frequently the bench becomes the dumping ground for igoora~nt lawyers and politicians. I am safe in saying. that if the Bar As sociation of this Stat~e had the effective privilege of selecting the Judires who preside over our courts of ~"cord, quite a number of judicial figure-heads would * be relegated to private practice and a meagre livelihood. Of course. I understand we bave in ehstte some ex:-eedingly able and learned gentlemen n the circuit and sunrene bencn. who are an honor to2 th' State and are worth mnV times their present salarv to the people of the t State. but so long as we leave the selec- , tion of the judiciary to log-rolling legis lative and political tactics, the adminis tration of justice will be subject t irit icism by every true patriot and b: :.ery L good citizen. J. J. CANTEY. ] Summerton, S. C., lay 2. 1910. t A Most Serions Allegation. I-ue of June 1. 15W.; In last week's issue there appeared a strong letter from .1. J. Cantey, E-sq.. of Sunmerton. in which he made somu comments upon our judicial and magis- I trate system. Mr. Cantey being a law- 1 ver is in a better position to discuss this matter than we are, but if what he in timates has any foundation. it strikes us the attention of the proper authorities 2 should be directed to it for the relief the I taxpayers are entitled to. If there is anv collusion between otlicers of the court and a lawyer or lawyers the otli cer and the lawyer should be reported I to the grand jury. that it may take steps to eradicate this evi!. We know of noth ing more menacing to a country than that otlicers entrusted by the people should "stand in" with lawyers so that they can win their cases in court: to do such a thing, the oficer and the lawyer must manipulate and have knowledge of the names that are put in the jury box, and they must also manipulate this box to suit their purposes. It is beyond our conception that a man professing to look his fellows in th-a face, can join in such a damnable conspiracy to defeat justice in order that he might gain a few dol lars. We ha% - heard the expression, "pack- j ed jury." but for it to be intimated that such a practice was ever resorted to in this county is beyond our conception, and too, that any of our county otlicers 1 should be a party to such a practice is so foreign to our conception of rigt., that we must. believe Mr. Cantey is laboring under some misinformation, we know hell is too honorable a man to concoct an in- - timation of this gravity, he therefore must have based it upon information which must be mistaken. Mr. Cantey's charge is that at county seats some young liwyer "stands in", with the county officials, the result be ing t.hat said oflicials becocre nothin more nor less than the sinister tools of the lawyer, and thereby the juries are "fixed" is the most serious charge of conspiracy anc treachery we have ever read over the signature of a man, and in this case, a man of learning and himself 1 a member of the legal profession. There-1 forewhen the legal profession complains I of such a state of affairs, what is the lay man to think of the courts he must ap peal to when his rights are invaded? We sincerely hope Mr. Cantey is mistaken. June 1, 1910. BE OPEN AND CLEAR. There is an attempt being made to take the liquor question out of i the discussion in the coming Dri- i mary, but we notice that those I trying to do this, are the very ones who have made the question < foremost in bringing them into 1 prominence. We heartily agree that it would be far better could 1 those seeking political referment, i go before the people with issues that are instructive as well as en tertaining, but when we have aa unsettled problem on our hands, 1 -ud, we are all agreed upon near- < ly everything else, the liquor I question' is the most natural one 1 to fall back upon. The matter of public schools, good roads, an equitable assessment of property values, the lowering of taxes con sistent with the demands of the people, all of these things are conceded, then in that case, with the differences existing on the liq-< ucr problem it does strike us that. it will not down. In the guber natorial contest. the issue is clear 1 cut between Prohibition and Lo- t cal Option. Messrs. Featherstone and Richards according to their announced platforms are repre senting the Prohibition senti-1 ment, and Messrs. McLeod andi Blease. the Local Option senti ment, these gentlemen are pretty well agreed on every-thing but: the best way of handling liquor. 1 and there is absolutely no ditfer- i ence between them on anything I ese so tar as we can see, there- 1 fore we cannot see how the dis cuss on of this question can be avoided. Cur observation is that there is< a class of politicians, who startedi out on the prohibition platform because they thought it was the popular thing to do, but when 24 they got out among the masses 4 they discovered a considerable waning of that sentiment, and1 they are now trying to hedge. They would have the insistent Proibitionists to regard them, with favor, and as exponents of I their views, at the same time, they are endeavoring to quiet the < Local Optionists with a soothing1 syrup~ labeled. "The liquor ques tion is not an issue." As we look at it, this question is about the< only issue before the voters, and< when we hear of politicians of prohibition tendencies woriging "the liquor question is settled" racket, we should like for those they are dealing out this stuff to, to ask them if they will pledge themselves to let the liquor ques ktion alone, should they be elect-1 ed. Regardless of what they pro-i fess, we say that if Prohibitioni ists are elected to the general as-1 sembly they will vote for a state wide prohibition measure, and thus deprive the people of the righ t of local self government as they, under the law have it now, and if a Local Optionist is elect ed, he will yote to leave the pres ent law undisturbed, so that after the prohibition experiment has been tried for four years. the' right is left to the people to take' such steps as the majority may deem best. Do not be soft-soaped Iby any candidate who is afraid to Itake a positive position on any question. If he is a Prohibition ist he should not be afraid to let his views be known, and he shudhave the candor to stand by his convictions, and not try to hedge in order to catch the un wary vote. The same applies to the Local Option ist. He should not try to mislead by soft-soap ring the Prohibitionists. eptmTe King at Home. For the past tive years we have- kept the King of all laxatives-r. King's~ New Life Pills-in our home anu they have proved a blessing to all ourz fami ;v.' wrntes Paul .\athulka of jiu:Talo, . Y. Easy, but sure remedy for all jStoach. Liver and Kidney trubles. a )l h c. at all drugist. - Mrrs. Russell Sage has dotatell 15,000 to the National Audubod I ;Ucietyv, to be used in the educa ional campaign, which the so :iety is conducting in Southern states for the protection of birds. iere is an opportunity for Mr. [ames Henry Rice to get his ingers on that nice bunch of noney, or maybe it is from this und he is getting his pay for the etters he is writing to the news >apers and the speeches he is naking in behalf of game protec ion. There is no chance for him o get a pull at the State treasury , iot until the Senate contirnis his iomination next winter. so the I nan must live and the probability s the Sage fund is where his mon -y is coming from. What we can iot understand is, why is it these ortherners are so solicitious LbOut the people in the Southern states, why they should be con ;antly wanting to have mission Lries down here to teach the peo >le a proper mode of conduct. It toes seem to us there is plenty for1 hese philanthropists to do at the 14 orth where human life is treat Kd so reckless, and where it is a :ommon occurance for human 1 >odies to be found packed in >oxes and trunks, after a most iorrible murder. Let them sweep >efore their own doors, and it rill keep them busy. The people n the South do not need to be vangelized by the hired inoni ors of proper conduct, they are 1 lenty able to do their own think ng and acting. WE SHOULD BE THANKFUL Along in the early part of this'< ,ear there appeared in the news >apers predictions of coming ca amities throught the world, andji f the man who made these pre < ictions continues to have things1 is way he will go down in his ory as a prophet. The criminal -ecord of 1910 is fast becoming 1 he largest in many years, but at he same time it can be said con litions in this State are not as )ad as they are in a great many >ther States in the Union. While re too have our troubles, in com )arison with some of the other tates. we are far in advance of nany of them in civic righteous iess. And too, this State has not >een visited by any very severe alamities the present year. Crop :onditions are not as forward as! hey might be, owing to backward easons, yet, the outlook is get ing brighter, and there is great iope for a fair crop, with a fine )rospect of good prices for the )roducts of the soil. There are no yolitical dissensions at this time o tear our people asunder., our ontroversies on this line is mere y a contest of popularity among' bose who seek preferment, not ~o elsewhere, where the contest s for tbe control of great inter sts, termed Trusts, and, take it 1il in all, our people are happy I Ld contented. 1 The address of President Kohn lelivered before the State Press tssociation at Glenn's Springs donday evening on the assem >ling of that body, is worthy of he man and the great body of: ~entiment - moulders he repre ents. It is with a source of keen -egret that circumstances pre rented our being present to heart t. Dillon county's first court was4 aptized in human blood. Yes- . erday S. D. Hursey, a young! .wyer, was shot and instantly iled by R. S. Davis two min tes after the lawyer left theV :ourt house. It is said that do nestic complications was thej ase of the tragredy. The press ispatches show that the killing as deliberately planned. The lawyers are making anoth - jd r desperate effort to secure mother trial for Jones, the con ricted wife murderer. The hear ng is being had by Judge Grubher, . special judge, at Union. If udge Gruber refuses a new trial lone's lawyers will appeal from' is ruling to the supreme court, mnd thereby get for their rich lient a longer respite from pun shmnent. Money works wonders. Hub Evans was yesterday in licted by a Newberry grand jury, :arged by the Attorney Gen tral- with receiving rebates. Evans was immediately after his oluntary surrender, released on t small bond. This arrest in our~ >pinmon was expected, and under ~tood as further developments vill prove. Hub Evans is no >dy's fool, and when the At orney General went to New yerry. Hub was ready to go to ~rial. When Congress establishes the ostai bank system. we wonder i all of the money order otfices n the country are to he concert ad into savings banks? There ire money order offices which are not in populous towns. and in fact, there are a great number :f such offices that are merely kept for the convenience of a saw mill or store. These surely would not be compelled to inaug uate the savings bank system is we understand is contempla ted by the bill now pending in Congress~. Teddy is back from the wilds :>f Africa. and now the lIepubli -an party will put on its good behavior. While the cat was iway the mice did play. and. --amme near being caught in the Democratic danger zone. in fact a few of the little fellows found their war into the Democratic trao. and unless Teddy gets busy sone of the big one~s will he found! langling in the bets of the Demi >cratic warriors. There is much worry among the big Bosses, and they will welcomne a blast from Senator Tillman has recovered iis health sufficiently to tell a ewspaper reporter that he is iot going to resign his seat in he United States Senate, and hat he expects to resume his abors in the fall. This will be ,ratifying news to the admirers )f the distinguished Carolinian. ['illman, in a jocular vein. told he reporter when he asked him f he was going to resign. "few lie, and none resign." He is the nost remarkable man we have ,ver heard of, not only possessed >f a massive brain, but he has rith it the greatest amount of ritality, very few could have re :overed from the several shocks ie had, none but the strongest f the strong could have fought )ff disease so successfully, and t is largely due to his splendid ife that he led when in young nanhood. The action of .]udge lemmin -er in keeping a jury in a room wenty-six hours with only twc neals is deserving of the censure )f a free people. In oui recep4t ourt twelve intelligent white nen after conscientiously trying ;o reach a verdict, and failing in 'ormed the .Iudge that it was im x3ssible for them to agree, bal iotwitnstanding this information ic undertook to force them to a .erdict by punishment: that the uryinen are indignant is not tc >e wondered at, they have a right n feel hurt by the Judge's con luct towards them, and we say ithout any disrespect to the ju ficiary that the legislature should t its next session fix the rules of ourt so a Judge will be compell d to exercise a reasonable judg nent, and the law should force im to observe the ordinary rules >f humanity. The idea of a jury einZ punished in order to get a erdict is not only a cruel absur lity. but it is a mockery at jus ice. We have been hearing so many yolitical rnmors recently, we have -eached the conclusion that somc yeople regard any old thing thaj -an do or say in politics is per nissable. Lying, and blowing t< leceive is their long suit. But bere is this hope, the people can iot be fooled as easily as some nay think. This is the day whet xhite men are independent, and ote as they see fit. and the one ,ho imagines he can control vote. s only deceiving himself. There ore. our advice is for every mar ;ho is running for office to de end upon his own merit rather ;han to bank his hopes on the fel ow who would try to create the mpression that if you want any ;hing in his section or his comn nunity you must gc to him, as .hat he says goes. Watch the rote of this county in the coming primary and it will be convincinh ;hat the voters vote, not at th4 lictation of any one, but judgea :andidate by what service be has -endered, or of his fitness to ren ler service, and the man who re :eives the majority, is the choici >f the masses. HOME MISSIONS. VIANNING AUXILIARY The report of the Woman's llome lision Society to the Gene'ral Confer ae showed much gratifyin" incre-a$4 ,er the report of t previous qua-'irt gium It s.howed a grrowth of 48.4(M more nembers than was reporte.d in, 197.. The collection for connectional work amouted to 6j22..'9.91 ne-irly twice a. nuch as was collected durinir the pre -ious quad rennium. Seven hundred and forty-seven par onages were aided in the four years. I: .906 there were 22 deaconnesses in tihe hurch, now there are 57. The Board uas also given deaconness trainingr to 52 romen at a cost of .$1367. A t, the last ession of the Board $6 trained workers were apponlted to service in the churah. ~31296.89 came to the society in the or of gift~s in the last four rears. A Defeated Conscience. The secretary of thec Kansas State Eistorical society tells a str about in arly day Kan sas justice of the eace who will be niameless here: -This J. P'.." said the secretary, 'would mrry' a couple oneC day as justice of the peace and divorce them be next as notary public." One time, as the story ran, a man mrrendered himself to this 3. P. "An' phiwat's the matter?" asked the judge. "I killed a man out here on the pral rie in a light," was the reply. -1 want to give myself up." "You did kill him, sor?" asked the 7. P. "Yes, sir," was the reply. "Who saw you?" asked the J. P. "Nobody." "An' nobody saw you kill 'im?" "No, sir. Just we two were there.' "An' you're shure nobody saw you?! reiterated the J. P. "Of course i'm sure." was the reply. "Thin you're discharged." said the 7. P.. bringing his list down on the table. "You're discharged. You can't criinate y ourself. Fitty dollars iease-Kansas c'ity Journal. Want to buy :an automuobule': Demans~d a car free from Zla. eat urest insist that it be abr-olutelIy corre' E.nical dettai? Desire a car with years of suc.s Want a car thoroughly tried out an experimental features? YOU'LL WANT IT IN THE MORNING AND AGAIN AT NIGHT! WHA ? ASK THE BIG STORE On The Busy Block. THE 8750.00 The Sensation of the Season. Look at the lines a!d specifications of this Car: Four cylinder, shaft drive. 20 h. p.. selective type sliding gear with mul tiple disc clutch, Bosch high tension mazoeto. no batteries, easiest riding. .smpiest and most economical car made. Color dark blue, with cream running gear, or dark red-color optional with customer. J A6ENTS WANTED Iin the following counties: Georgetown. Williamsburg and Clarendon. If you are interested in a Car for yourself or agency for your county, write, 'phonej nr wire. The Sumter Automobile Supply Company, 'Cr.Oaia.J ve ad SUMTER. S. C. p .Bx3 Cor.Oakaal ve.andWashington Sr. 'Ptione 23-. P .Bx37 Announcement! Having 70) Greenhouses and ove~r .5 acres of land en Strely deLvotedl to' (ut Flowers. Plants :tud Shrubs. and e mploying thet most e.xperine floral atrtists, we' are Sequipped better thtan any tiorist ini the! State to furnish e: Syou with all kinds of CUT FLOWERS, I Bridal Bouquets or designs for Funerals. We also sell Palms and Furns and Plants for the House. Garden or SCemetery. Our prices are the most reasonabie to be found. Write. Telephone or Telegraph, 'THE CAROLINA FLORAL STORE, 339 King St., CH ARLESTON, S. C. BRING YOUR ~~JOB WORK~ TO THE TIMES OFFICE. Ou S1200 to Inh.vest " DOYo Wav:nt a ear that can be depen-ided upon ::nder all id expetrimenuta! Ol (It~ Aatthe c-ar that ::ives muaximum pleasuret with et i .'ervu'l: inimumii labor at the lowes.t possible cost of upkeep? Want the ;;reatest ataomil~ie value mi Artericar s 1,iek f irThten write uts at once. We cani convince you.W ini every detail, ha~ve the car - on are lookin:: for. $125') Regal ":0, the car that stistin. mtar a ntcmcbile Gcmnan3r. AREYOU INTERESTED IN UYING where you get the best Merchandise for Least Money? If you are it will pay you to investigate our Merchandise and Prices before Buying. We jh are showing some specially good numbers in Wash Skirts. Muslin Underwear. Etc. It will pay you to see these Goods. Servicable Wash Skirt. Fancy Blue. White Linene. 75c.. SI.. $1.50 and upwards. 4 Good auality Cambric Gowns. Corset Covers. Skirts. Etc., nicely trimmed, and i well-made. 25c. 50c.. 75c., $1 and upwards. Children's Ramblers and play suits, sizes ik 2 to 8 years. at 50c. ii 25 dozen Men's Negligee Shirts. genuine ig Garner Percales, extra well-made, full size, well worth 75c. each: complete line of sizes and colors, at 50c each. Autocrat Tailor-made Trousers. the best 4 Trousers made; try a pair from us and be i convinced. It Pays to Trade at Rigby Dry Goods CO. i00 .P aii yp lcmtv sdo h Pnsvaia >Feoeg rd. o rd0b. Fo osepw r.oetedi. Light aaso hent For he ms 20ls snight r in Autool xpecte thiaaswee. eAskn fo aentedtighe tye-b crn xetfpssenermertie.On the oteC. n, teentsCaendnCony DAVISI& SPCIOUG I RESERVED FOR ID. HIRSCH MANN.